Ah, Facebook. A reservoir of so many sweet family pics and cute pet vids — yet also a cesspool of caustic comments and divisive half truths.

In the latter category is a recent remark by Kimberley Strope-Boggus, a Democratic Party activist who wrote: “Well meaning folks don’t understand that politics today is a blood sport. Everything is on the table and it’s fair game. Don’t like it, stay on the porch.”

That’s just shameful, and wrong. Polls have shown that the vast majority of voters strongly disapprove of negative campaigning. Anecdotally, on my recent 220-mile Save America March, rural voters I spoke with frequently shared their disgust with the negative tone of many political campaigns. Continue Reading →